van den Bergh 14, van den Bergh 15

vdB14, vdB15

These two nebulae are located in Camelopardalis, but near to the Cassiopeia/Perseus border, and just 4 degrees east of IC 1848. They reflect the light of two 5th magnitude stars (the brightest stars in the image above) which are separated one degree apart. While vdB 14 is a pure reflection nebula, vdB 15 also has a pink-colored emission component. Both are faint and not easy to observe visually.

Milky Way Vista - Perseus to Cassiopeia, zoom lens photograph.

Exposure Data

Instrument: 4.9" f/3.8 Wright-Newtonian
F/stop: 3.8
Exposure: 5 x 10 min + 2 min
Camera: Modified Nikon D70 Digital SLR
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Date: December 14, 2004
Exposure start: 21:20 MEZ
Location: Ebenwaldhöhe, Lower Austria
Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 6.3 mag, Seeing 2-3, Temperature -1.5°C, no wind, low humidity
Autoguider: Meade Pictor 216 XT, max. error: 1
Enhancement: Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0, SGBNR 1.0.4

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